I am using this when I start up Pd:

[loadbang]

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[alsactl -f /var/lib/alsa/asound.state restore SB(

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[shell]

First you need to store the mixer settings with this of course:

[alsactl -f /var/lib/alsa/asound.state store SB(

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[shell]

"SB" at the end is the name of the onboard Realtek sound card. You might have to change that according to the name in /proc/asound/cards or leave it blank if it works.

Ingo

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> von IOhannes m zmoelnig

> Gesendet: Montag, 22. August 2011 17:24

> An: pd-list@iem.at

> Betreff: Re: [PD] control alsamixer from pd?

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> On 2011-08-22 16:25, tim vets wrote:

> > Hi,when I'm using my internal soundcard, each time I boot, the input

> setting

> > is too low,

> > forcing me each time to raise it manually in alsamixer.

> > I tried "alsactl store", but that didn't work.

> > Is there a way to access this setting from pd, so that it can be set

> > automatically when loading a patch?

>

> i once wrote an [amixer] external (to be found in

> svn:///....externals/iem/amixer) that would allow to do those things.

>

> i'm not sure however, whether it is in a useable state (mainly i think

> because "alsactl store/restore" usually do work :-)

>

>

> fgmard

> IOhannes

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